Tag: political failure
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In context of political failure, local councils must act to safeguard poor and homeless during cold snap
In absence of political action, numbers dying in winter in Northern Ireland unnecessarily has risen 130 percent in three years to 1,500 Poverty leaves many reliant on old, dangerous or un-serviced heating devices for heating or going to bed early and visiting public places to avoid the cold Albert Hewitt, Unite Community Coordinator called on…
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Women in Northern Ireland continue to be denied rights and protections afforded to women in all other parts of UK
Westminster must legislate to extend gender pay gap disclosure duty to employers in Northern Ireland March 8th: Speaking on International Women’s Day, Unite Regional Women’s & Equalities Officer, Taryn Trainor, called on Westminster to legislate to vindicate the rights and protections of women in Northern Ireland: “As a result of legislation passed last year, employers…
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Workers maintaining roads and water courses are being denied fair holiday pay
Unite questions whether failure to address payments irregularity is due to absence of an Executive Minister At least one thousand workers across Roads Service, Rivers Agency and Forestry Service denied holiday pay based on Working Time Regulations act December 13th: Gareth Scott, Unite Industrial officer with responsibility for the union’s industrial civil service membership in…
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Northern Ireland’s health service must benefit from budget bonus with, or without, Executive
Chancellor of Exchequer announces £2.8 billion increase to UK NHS funding Moves to break one percent pay cap must be extended to all Northern Ireland healthcare workers Responding to the UK budget announcement of an additional £2.8 billion for the NHS, Kevin McAdam, Unite Industrial officer called for Northern Ireland’s Health & Social Care service…
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£70 million healthcare cuts – an attempt to deliver agenda of the Department of Health Permanent Secretary
Unite in Health spokesperson writes open letter to HSC Trusts over cutback proposals Nursing and domiciliary care cuts will cost more in long-run by causing further blockages at Emergency Departments Kevin McAdam, Regional Officer for Unite issued an open letter on behalf of Unite in Health, the health section of his union, through the press…
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Most vulnerable face paying the price for political failure
Unite the union strongly opposed to £70 million further cuts to healthcare Western HSC Trust proposals posed to close residential care home in Derry and neo-natal unit in Enniskillen Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for Health in the Western HSCT area, Gareth Scott, indicated his union was deeply opposed to proposals by the Trust to…